Abstract
The pathogenesis of moyamoya disease (MMD) has not been fully clarified. A multifactorial mode of inheritance may be involved in disease occurrence or susceptibility.
The rare incidence and low mortality rate of the disease, the limited availability of surgical specimens from affected internal carotid arteries, and the lack of animal models of MMD represent obstacles to the basic research of MMD. Because of these limitations, the analysis of peripheral blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients has been an effective means of investigating the pathogenesis of this disease.
This chapter describes the role of proteins, cells, and immunity in the pathogenesis of MMD.
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Kim, SK., Wang, KC., Cho, BK. (2010). Proteins, Cells, and Immunity in the Moyamoya Disease: An Overview. In: Cho, BK., Tominaga, T. (eds) Moyamoya Disease Update. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-99703-0_10
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